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== Plot ==
In 1985 [[Los Angeles]], amidst the [[Night Stalker]] murders, Maxine Minx successfully auditions for the lead in a new horror film, ''The Puritan II'', despite her well-known background in the adult film industry. After sharing the news with her friend Leon and colleague Amber James, the latter invites Maxine to a party in the [[Hollywood Hills]], which she declines. Maxine goes to work at her second job, a live [[peep show]], where a mysterious, leather-clad figure watches with anger. She then meets another adult entertainer, Tabby Martin, who also invites her to the party that Amber mentioned, but Maxine declines once again.
The figure leaves a police evidence VHS tape containing the porn film Maxine and her now-deceased friends had attempted to make in 1979.{{efn|As depicted in ''[[X (2022 film)|X]]''.}} Upon watching it, she asks a confused Leon to find out where it came from. Meanwhile, at the Hollywood Hills, Amber and Tabby are killed and have their bodies engraved with Satanic symbols. Maxine is invited to meet with John Labat, a private investigator who informs Maxine that her previous crimes will be revealed unless she meets with his employer and warns her she must appear at a specific address on Starlight Drive later that night or risk repercussions. [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] detectives Torres and Williams question Maxine about Tabby and Amber, but she refuses to answer them. She later sees Labat following her and attacks him, warning Labat to stay away from her.
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